Tantric tradition
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concept
The Tantric tradition is a diverse set of esoteric spiritual practices and philosophies, originating in South Asia, that use ritual, meditation, visualization, and sometimes transgressive methods to transform ordinary experience into a path to enlightenment and divine union.
Observed surface forms (18)
- Buddhist tantra ×4
- Vajrayana Buddhism ×4
- esoteric Buddhist tradition ×2
- tantric tradition ×2
- Buddhist tantra system ×1
- Buddhist tantric class ×1
- Hindu tantric tradition ×1
- Tantric ritual ×1
- Tibetan Buddhist practice tradition ×1
- Tibetan Buddhist tantric practice system ×1
- Vajrayana ×1
- Vajrayana tradition ×1
- Vajrayana-influenced tradition ×1
- esoteric Buddhist path ×1
- practice in Kashmir Shaivism ×1
- tantric movement ×1
- tantric subtradition ×1
- tantric system ×1
Instances (24)
- Lamdré lineage via concept surface "Tibetan Buddhist practice tradition"
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Chakrasamvara tantra
via concept surface "Buddhist tantra"
surface form: Chakrasamvara Tantra
- Kalikula
- Sahajiya traditions via concept surface "tantric movement"
- Tibetan Buddhism via concept surface "Vajrayana Buddhism"
- Secret Mantra Vehicle via concept surface "Vajrayana Buddhism"
- Thunderbolt Vehicle via concept surface "esoteric Buddhist path"
- Diamond Vehicle via concept surface "Vajrayana Buddhism"
- Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism via concept surface "Vajrayana tradition"
- True Word School via concept surface "esoteric Buddhist tradition"
- Chinese Esoteric Buddhism via concept surface "Vajrayana-influenced tradition"
- Mahavairocana Tantra via concept surface "Buddhist tantra"
- Vajrasekhara Sutra via concept surface "Buddhist tantra"
- Sri Vidya via concept surface "Hindu tantric tradition"
- Navavarana puja via concept surface "Tantric ritual"
- Krama school via concept surface "tantric subtradition"
- Kriya Tantra via concept surface "Buddhist tantric class"
- Yoga Tantra via concept surface "tantric tradition"
- Vaishnava Tantra via concept surface "tantric tradition"
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Anavopaya (individual-based means)
via concept surface "practice in Kashmir Shaivism"
surface form: Anavopaya
- Newar Buddhism via concept surface "Vajrayana Buddhism"
- Guhyasamāja via concept surface "Buddhist tantra system"
- Six Yogas of Naropa via concept surface "Tibetan Buddhist tantric practice system"
- Kalachakra tantra via concept surface "Buddhist tantra"